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What is Happiness?
Good question? And, what does it have to do with property investing? Well, let me see if I can make a tie in … Birthday Gift For my birthday last month I received some very nice gifts; one was a book called “Gittinomic$” written by a man named Ross Gittins. Basically, it’s a book about […]
Time to Change Property Managers?
What’s Going On? “Are the tenants going to renew their lease?” I asked my property manager. It just popped into my mind to call her. I was a bit nervous. I remembered last year when the lease lapsed she had a hard time finding a tenant. The unit sat vacant for over four weeks and […]
The First Bank
Article Background: I was reading about the banking system recently. I came across a section on “fractional lending.” That’s where banks lend money they don’t have. And, charge interest on it. Apparently, the banks are only required to have a fraction of the lending amount on hand. I hear this fractional amount can be as […]
Where’s the Expert?
I learned a valuable lesson one day helping my Dad put in the garage cement floor. We had plenty of cement, plenty of manpower but we were missing one key element. You’ll find out the missing element by reading the article. The lesson I learned that day has saved me lots of time, aggravation and […]
Is Alice Springs a Great Place to Invest in Property?
This is an article titled “A Place Called Alice” that appeared in the Australian Property Investor (API) magazine in November 2008. I give my views on the Alice Springs property investment market. Why do you invest in Alice Springs? Because it’s a great place for investment. An old timer summed it up best. He’d been living […]